Wrist watch band



Sept- 1949. c. H. A. DEWEY 2,482,660 v WRIST WATCH BAND Filed Nov. 12.1946 V INVENTOR. 1a

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Patented Sept. 20, 1949 UNITED STATES DFFVICE WRIST WATGHBANDCharles-Hail. Dewey,- Mobile, Ala. "Application'November 12, 1946,senarnosvoam'z vzrclaims. *1

Thepresent invention relatesto improve-merits in wristwatch bandsandhas' for an object toprovide an improved band for holding-thewatch-at a position enabling easier reading of the'dialat .a, glancewithout turning'the "wrist.

Another object of "the invention is to'provide an improved Wrist watchbandinwhich 'easeef manufacture is secured in'that the brackets or dowelhousings which'hold' the watch in place are integral parts of'the bandand maybe stamped .out by a die in a single operation, eliminating thenecessity of attaching'these brackets orhousings separately asheretofore conventionally done.

In standard constructions of wrist bands, the platform or other supporton the band for the wrist watch. is soconstrucmd and arranged'relativelyto the dial face of the watch that'the 126 axis of the Watch registerswith the median longitudinal line of the circumference of the "band;

which leads to a difficulty in bringingthe watch to a correct positionfor easy reading from the eye of'the wearer.

Such conventional construction requires not only thattheforearmand-wrist be-elevate'd'from the bodyto'a substantiallyhorizontalpositionbut that the entire-armbe rotated from'itselbow time; and such armmovements have becomexchar- *acteri'stic and well-known :so ,much sothatsithe secondmot-ion particularlylhas been mim'ic-ke'd "and ridiculedon and voft the. stage.

It is the purpose of the inventionto do away with'this secondrname'dxarmmovement and to so mount the watch dial with reference to the Wrist bandthat upon amere elevating movement of a forearm from a dropped positionat the wearers side and baring the coat ,or. shirtslee-ve the watch dialwill, without further movement, be in a correct pos ition for reading.

The-aforegoing objectsrgive: rise to thelf u-rther object that-byre-orienting the brackets roridowel housings on the band platform suchbrackets or housings are'out'ofdine-with the band member andtz'imaytherefore be formed integral -with-v the platformcand withthetb'azndmember rand thus enable the entire wrist band to be stamped inone operation from a single sheet of flexible metal stock from whichthebrackets or housings ;:are

subsequently rolled to receive the usual .dowels 'tor holding the watchframe to: the wristband.

The-invention aisozcontemplatestheuseofzflexib'le or ela-sticclipsdiametrically oppositeionaanother andformedirom a splitwristband iniwhich "the free-ends ofsu-chfband: are-curved; or. hounded':to facilitate applieation'to.the wrist and-atol atloid sharp cornerswhichmight abrade. or injure-such wrist.

Withthe foregoing andiother obiectsin view,

1 the invention will be more Ifl11ly"dBSGrib8,d ihereinafter and more'particularlypointed autin: the appended claims.

In the drawings, inrwhich: like partsare denoted by" the same reference;characters:throughoutethe :several' views,

Figure 1 is a perspective -view. of: an t improved wrist watch bandconstructed-1:111 a-ccordancewith ithe present invention.

band-With a watch mounted therein and illustrated upon the left :wristof the wearerxas indicated brokenilines.

Referring more. particularly ;.to the drawings.

ill desi'gn-atesthe watch 'plattorm'lbeing apart of the band:alongwithrtwo 'WI iStLCIiDS I I and i2.

Dowel-housings on brackets-l3 and: M are shown as made integral with theplatformtlifl and :as

rolled upwardly and inwardly to :outstand from the p'lane of suc'hplatform :11).

'In the single embodiment of the invention shown in theidrawings;lateral extensions t5 and 1'6 of theplatform 10'. outstand'tbeyond"theside edges of the waistband? untilrsuch lateral-extensiohs may be of.a form that generaliy 'triangular with the :bases of 'rthextwo:opposeditriangles lying alignment :with. opposite side. edges-10f: theband. 'I he triangle at oneside'is. relatively reversed: with'respect to:the:" trianglelxto the rep-positeside ofithe platform. The 'ltria-nglesmayi be complementary. As 'shown -'in"-Fig ure 3.th8?b13.0k-

ets-orhousi-ngs l3 and I4 oppose one another or in other words are latsubstantially I809 apartzand extend 'from dsiametricali y":oppositesidesofuthe two triangles which are lateral extensions I5 and L6.whustheseqbnaokets or housings star-and H,

which are open ended, =are placed so -as tomece'ive 'theusua-lspringdowels or'pintles having opposed trunnions whichare yieldably proje'ctedout' -from the ends of the brackets or housings l3 and M to enter andinterlock with socketed projections the semicircular iorm indicated inFigures 1 and 2 with the rounded and curved ends 2| spaced apart toenable the flexible or ductile metal to be moved and shaped to theparticular formation of opposite portions of the wrist of the wearer.

4 While I have disclosed herein the best form of the invention known tome at the present time, I desire it to be understood that I reserve theright to make changes and modifications in the herein describedembodiment of the invention provided such changes fall within the scopeof the following claims.

What I claim is: 1. An improved wrist watch band comprising a bandmember made from a flat strip of stiff but yieldable material bent tothe general shape of the wrist and composed of a central watch platformand two wrist clips extending in oppo- In Figiue 2 the clips ii and 12are shown to be approximately diametrically opposed to one another. Theband may be of resilient metal if so desired.

In Figure 4 the left hand and wrist of the H wearer are indicated withthe application of the improved band and supported watch. It will beappreciated that what might be termed the reading axis 12-6 of the watchis now oriented to a position where the simple raising of the left armfrom the elbow to a substantially horizontal position and theinclination of the head of the wearer to the left will focus his eyesdirectly upon the dial in a position where such reading axis is normalor at right angles to the line connecting the two eyes of the observeror wearer which is the relative position between eyes and watch dialcustomary for reading and telling time. Normally, according to presentpractices, the reading axis 12-6 of the watch dial is in registry andalignment with the center or longitudinal median line of the watch bandwhich requires the second movement or twist of the wrist and arm,heretofore referred to, to bring the dial to an upright readingposition. In such prior constructions the brackets or housings l3 and [4were necessarily crosswise of the band and directly radially outward ofthe band so that it was impossible to form such brackets or housings asan integral part of the band. Hence in a the prior art such brackets orhousings were made separately from seperate pieces of metal and thenbrazed, soldered, welded or otherwise fixed to the band or platform.This involved different and distinct stampings of metal, sepa- 5;;1-

rate handling and separate operations of brazing, etc., all of whichwere expensive both in the matter of materials and labor; all of whichitems -of cost are eliminated in accordance with the present inventioninasmuch as by rotating the platform, so to speak, through an angle ofapproximately 45" the reading dial is not only i brought to a correctposition for immediate reading without Wrist twisting movement, but thebrackets or housings l3 and I4 may be rolled over from lateral exposededges of the extensions l5 and I6 and thus these brackets or housingsmay be integral parts of the platform and the band. In other wordsinstead of having these housings or brackets l3 and I4 outwardly of theband they are at the sides of the band and formed from free edges of thelateral extensions i5 and Hi.

In order that the watch may be wound when mounted, one side of theplatform is slightly site directions from said platform, lateralextensions of said platform outstanding beyond the side edges of saidwrist band and being of generally triangular formation with the bases ofthe two opposed triangles lying approximately in alignment with oppositeedges of said band, the triangle at one side of the band beingrelatively reversed with respect to the triangle at the opposite side ofthe band, the triangular extensions being bounded externally by sideswhich converge outwardly and are relatively diametrically opposed to oneanother across said band, housings formed integrally with the band andplatform and carried upon outer relatively opposed sides of saidtriangular extensions whereby the line connecting the housings acrossthe band is at an acute angle to the long axis of the band, saidhousings adapted to receive spring dowels for cooperating with thesocketed projections on the wrist watch frame to hold the Wrist watchwith its reading axis 12-6 on the acute angle line between saidhousings.

2. For use with a wrist watch having the usual socketed projectionsextending substantially parallel with its 12-6 axis and with its windingstem extending approximately in line with its 3-9 axis, an improved bandcomprising a band member composed of a central platform and integralsprin clips, one extending from each end of the platform and being ofsubstantially semi-circular form, the band being open opposite theplatform, integral lateral extensions extending from the band atopposite sides of said platform and being of substantially triangularform with their bases offset relatively along the long axis of the bandand having their outer edges converging in opposite directions, housingsintegrally carried by outer diametrically opposed sides of thetriangular lateral extensions and being connected by a line across theband which is at an acute angle to the long axis of the band, saidhousings adapted to contain spring dowels for entering the socketedprojections of the watch frame to hold the watch with its 12-6 axislying on said acute angled line and with its winding stem projectingfreely at the side of the band.

CHARLES H. A. DEWEY.

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